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Manga Creator Shuho Sato Loses Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Kindle
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Amazon unfairly ceased offering manga on Kindle Unlimited
The Tokyo District Court dismissed manga creator Shuho Sato's lawsuit against Amazon International Services, Inc. on Monday, March 30.
Sato had claimed that the company had unfairly ceased offering his works on its Kindle Unlimited subscription service, and sought 200 million yen ($1.85 million) in damages.
Sato's manga include The Isle of TOKKOU World War II manga about Imperial Japanese soldiers in the Army's manned suicide torpedo units.
Umizaru ran in Japan Coast Guard (called the Maritime Safety Agency when the manga's serialization).
Source: Yomiuri Shimbun